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Obama under scrutiny
for military action
decision in Libya
By Kolby Flowers
Senior Reporter

Congress is criticizing
President Barack Obama for
recent military interventions
in Libya without first getting
their approval, calling the
decision an “impeachable
offense.”
On Saturday, Obama
authorized the use of
military force in order to
protect innocent civilians in
the middle of a civil war in
the North African nation.
The airstrikes began
in response to a United
Nations Security Council
resolution in order to
protect civilians caught in
the unfolding civil war.
Last
Thursday,
the
Council voted 10-0, with
five nations abstaining,
to impose a no-fly zone
and permit “all necessary
measures”
to
protect
civilians.
Despite an immediate
cease-fire
ordered
by
the Libyan government,
fighting continued to break
out in the oppositioncontrolled city of Benghazi,
east of the Libyan capital of
Tripoli.
Saturday
night
the
international
military
coalition, which includes,
France, Britain, and the US,
began operations in Libya.
American and British
ships fired more than 110
missiles, striking about
20 Libyan air and missile
defense targets in what
is being called Operation
Odyssey Dawn, said US
Vice Admiral William
Gortney at a Pentagon press
briefing.

Obama has received a lot
of criticism for traveling
abroad while the conflict
plays out.
He spent the greater part
of Monday in Santiago,
Chile, where he, in a joint
briefing with his Chilean
counterpart, spoke on the
extent of US involvement.
"There are a whole range
of policies that we are
putting in place that have
created one of the most
powerful
international
consensuses around the
isolation of Mr. Gadhafi,
and we will continue to
pursue those," Obama
said. "But when it comes
to the military action, we
are doing so in support of
U.N. Resolution 1973 that
specifically talks about
humanitarian efforts, and
we are going to make sure
we stick to that mandate."
Obama also said “it is
U.S. policy that Gadhafi
needs to go.”
He
defended
his
decisions to launch the US
military action during his
foreign travels as necessary
because of the urgency of
the humanitarian mission in
Libya.
Top Republicans such
as House Majority Leader
John Boehner, as well as
several Democratic leaders,
have begun to question
whether the mission is
constitutional.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich,
(D-Ohio)
suggested
Obama face impeachment
for his failure to seek
congressional authorization
for the airstrikes.
— See LIBYA, page 3

SHSU DISASTER RELIEF. Yesterday, Japanese foreign exchange
student Akira Inoue and the SHSU Japanese culture club held a
disaster relief fundraiser in the mall area, raising $550.30.

Three SHSU students studying in
Osaka and the family members of all
Japanese exchange students at SHSU
are safe following last week’s powerful
9.0 earthquake and tsunami, according
to Japanese foreign exchange student
Akira Inoue.
But others are not so fortunate.
Hundreds of strong aftershocks,
many exceeding 5.0 on the Richter,
have rattled the northeastern area of
Japan since the first quake.
Adding to the despair, the country has
also had to face nuclear emergencies.
Monday reports said 8,649 victims
of the disasters have been killed,
2,702 are injured, and 12,877 are still
missing, according to Japan’s Police
Agency.
As news revealed the images and
reports of the terrible damage, Inoue
said in a letter to the student body that
he realized he had not done anything
for the people of Japan.
Now, feeling the need to do more,
the one-year exchange student is
encouraging students to join him and
the SHSU Japanese Culture Club in a
combined effort to help the victims of
the disasters.
Yesterday, Inoue and the culture
club held a disaster relief fundraiser in
the mall area, raising $550.30.
Two boxes will remain available
for monetary donations until Friday,
located in the Program Council office
LSC 328 and the Ron Monfrige field
house.

Two boxes will remain available for monetary donations until
Friday, located in the Program Council office LSC 328 and the Ron
Monfrige field house. Three SHSU students studying in Osaka and
the family members of all Japanese exchange students at SHSU are
safe following last week’s powerful 9.0 earthquake and tsunami,
according to Japanese foreign exchange student Akira Inoue.
— See JAPAN, page 3

On March 12, thousands
gathered for the Save
Texas Schools march in
Austin. As they marched
with umbrellas in hand the
people changed and sang
for their cause.
Teachers and students
marched for Texas Governor
Rick Perry to use some of
the estimated $9.4 billion
in Texas’ Rainy Day Fund
toward Texas’ educational
system. The Rainy Day
Fund has been used for
emergency situations since
it’s inception in 1988,
when Texans voted it into
the constitution to help for
unforeseen problems.
Instead
of
cutting
$9.2 billion in education
eliminating
150,000
teaching jobs, closing
four junior colleges and
warehousing
special
education students, which
would potentially change
special education classes in
size giving the teacher more
students to teach.
“I have a pretty close tie
to it,” said Brittany Gregory,

Actor, comedian to appear
at Midnight Mayhem
Photo courtesy of Resolute Media Group

RAINY DAY RALLY. Teachers and students marched for Texas Governor Rick Perry to use some of
the estimated $9.4 billion in Texas’ Rainy Day Fund toward Texas’ educational system. The Rainy Day
Fund has been used for emergency situations since it’s inception in 1988, when Texans voted it into the
constitution to help for unforeseen problems.

a Sam Houston student
who headed up the student
attention campaign in the
weeks before the rally. “My
mom is a special education
teacher and she would lose
her job over this.”
Gregory spent a month
before the rally talking

to different organizations
around campus, including
the Secular Student Alliance
and Student Government
Association,
educating
them about the repercussion
of the cut and how they
could help stop it.
The rally lasted for three

hours as 11,000 protestors,
mostly
students
and
teachers, yelled outside the
state capital and were met
with speakers who spoke to
the protestors.
— See RALLY, page 3

By Jared Wolf and Meagan
Ellsworth
jaredalanwolf@hotmail.com

Recreational Sports is
proud to announce the return
of Midnight Mayhem.
The
premiere
free
spring event will be held
for the SHSU community
Wednesday from 8 p.m.
to 12 p.m. in the Johnson
Coliseum.

Headlining the event will
be comedian Ty Barnett,
the runner-up on the
Emmy-Nominated Season
4 of NBC’s “Last Comic
Standing.”
Ty is also known for his
appearances on late-night
talk shows “The Tonight
Show with Jay Leno,” “The
Late Late Show with Craig
Ferguson,” and “Comics
— See MAYHEM, page 4

Viewpoints

Page 2
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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Differences in Democrats

Lotis Butchko sits down with Kendall Scudder to talk about party differences

Kendall Scudder and I
have been circling each
other on social media for
about a year. The fact that
the two of us are democrats
is about the only thing we
have in common. Scudder
is a blue dog (Conservative
Democrat) and I, well I am
so far left I am straddling
the line of socialist.
He dresses like nicer than
Dolce and Gabbana model
and I dress so shabby that
a Billabong catalog would
probably turn me away.
But the one thing we
seem to really hit it off
on was politics. Now, for
the past year I had heard
Scudder’s name.
I had heard that he was
a pretty conservative guy
and anyone who knows
me knew that it would set
me off. I have a Michael
Moore/Bill Maher approach
to government.
I believe in a large
government, taxing the rich
to almost fifty percent of
their income and socialized
healthcare.

K e n d a l l
Then
we
believes in a
switched
to
public
option
taxes, and the
for
healthcare,
bottom fell out
securing boarders
from the table.
all
over
the
“I
believe
southern
states
in
a
flat
and my personal
percentage
favorite (which is
based
tax,”
a hint that I don’t
Scudder said.
like it) a flat tax
Oh geez,
rate.
I
may have
Lotis Butchko
The
week
to throw this
Sports Reporter
before
spring
guy out of a
break Kendall and I sat window. I argued against
down for an hour and a half that, for one thing I think
and talked politics. We went it would drop the amount
over almost everything of money that the federal
we could think of in the government intakes, along
political relm, and for the with essentially getting
most part we remained rid of 100,000 jobs at the
civil.
Internal Revenue Service.
We started out talking
However, in his points
about gun control and the Scudder made a point to
death penalty. Both subjects say that no one should get
we agreed with each other worse treatment by the
on, that would be the only government just because
time that would happen that they have more money. I
night. This is the only topic countered by pointing out
that the Texas side of me that it’s the responsibility of
comes out. I am both pro the upper class to help out
gun and pro death penalty the lower class by funneling
as is Kendall.
more money through the
economy so students who
rely on government aide to
pay for college (you know
like most of Sam Houston),
and that using higher
All cartoons courtesy of creators.com.
taxes on that class would
help. Scudder said that the
upper class finds a way
out of paying those taxes
anyways. And that a flat
rate would simplify that by
making sure everyone paid
their percentage worth.
This continued for a
while, I will save you the
details, because if it’s one
thing I have learned writing
columns most people don’t
want to hear about tax
reform and bring you into a
business aspect. We finally
got to talking about the
bailout, both of them.
We both agreed that the
bank bailout should have
never happened and that
the big three bailout for the
auto industry was justified.
But we differed on reasons.
He was happy that the
Detroit had paid back

Comedy Corner

its loan which made it
justified, but I was unhappy
about it. I think when the
bailout happened for the
car industry, the United
States government should
have told those companies
we own you now, and
that the companies should
have had to submit to any
government request.
Somewhat like what
Franklin D. Roosevelt did
when he took over.
Kendall pointed out
that the government had
a tendency to run things
ineffectively and I disagreed
yet again.
This seems like a
good time to point out
our obvious loyalties, I
consider myself an FDR
guy, big government for a
big country.
Scudder seems to be more
on the line of Bill Clinton,
small government with little
spending, and a focus on
people as the government’s
biggest resource.
Before I end this and say
that we have nothing in
common, we did come to
some mutual understanding
during our time. We both
agreed that under the
current format the upper
class needed to be taxed
more.
“I saw a statistic that said
81 percent of people support
a higher tax,” Scudder said.
“Any time 81 percent of
people support something I
support it too.”
When the 90 minute
session finally ended we
joked about a couple issues
and shook hands. Scudder
ended it saying, that no
matter our differences we
were still both democrats
and that was the best part
of the party, people can
disagree, but at the end of
the day, they are still trying
to get the same thing.
Sure Kendall, see you
on a Tea Party ballot in 12
years.
- Lotis is the Houstonian
sports reporter.

Paws Up,
Paws Down
“Paws UP” to a great
Spring Break. Enough
said.

“Paws DOWN” to
waking up after Spring
Break for class. In an
unrelated story Walmart
sold out of Excedrin
Migraine.

“Paws UP” to the bowling
team for winning eighth
place in the Music City
Classic.

“Paws DOWN” to high
gas prices, $45 to fill up
a Honda Accord. This is
getting ridiculous.

FAIL

BAD SITUATION. Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, cast
member of MTV’s “The Jersey Shore”, proves stereotypes right
as he was booed while attempting to roast Donald Trump on
Comedy Central, much my pleasure.

U.S. should employ more technology in classrooms

Stephen Green argues that with kids learning faster, we should take advantage

Over the break, I got
the chance to go watch
my cousin’s softball game.
Her eight-year-old sister
was in the stands watching
the game with me.
Recently I just bought
the iPhone, which I have
had very little experience
with, but she picked it
up and went to town. She
knew more about it than I
did.
I don’t consider myself
any kind of expert on
electronics, but I grew up
with them and figured that
I could pick it up quickly.
When my cousin, who I
am more than twice the
age of, was showing me
how to work my own
phone, it made me realize
how much the world has
changed.
When I was eight, the
Gameboy Color was the

hot-ticket
will learn faster of the mess we are in.
item.
Now,
and may actually
Although drop out rates
kids
want
have fun doing have been declining since
iPads. In just
it. I remember the 1980’s, according to
10
years,
sitting in the the National Center for
the use of
third grade on Educational
Statistics,
technology
the
computer the country is quickly
has tripled, or
l e a r n i n g falling behind in math and
more.
grammar
on sciences, the cornerstone
This does
Reader Rabbit, of the future.
have potential
which
rocked
No more fingers need to
for benefitting
by
the
way.
And
be
pointed. They need to
Stephen Green
the
United Viewpoints Editor who didn’t learn be grasping the tools we
States
later
about the west need to repair the schools
on. We have two major from Oregon Trail.
that hold our country’s
problems in our public
But with the ever- future.
sector, controlling our increasing
quality
of
So keep on flinging
spending and education.
computers and programs, those Angry Birds.
While, the technology the government would
- Stephen is the Viewpoints
can’t help us with the first, be stupid to look over an Editor of the Houstonian,.
I think the United States opportunity to pull us out
could take advantage of
what places like Japan
already has.
They need to do an Dear Sam Houston Students, Staff and Faculty and
overhaul of technology in Alumni:
the classrooms, children

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News
World to focus on
“Urban Challenge”

Page 3
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

houstonianonline.com/news

By Erin Peterson
Associate News Editor

People from around the
world began meeting in
Cape Town, South Africa on
Saturday for World Water
Day, which concludes
today with a jazz festival,
following a live connection
with Washington, D.C.
THE HISTORY
In 1992, an international
day to celebrate freshwater
was recommended to the
United Nations Conference
on
Environment
and
Development, or UNCED.
The UN General Assembly
responded by declaring
March 22, 1993 as the first
World Water Day.
Each year, save the first,
has focused on a unique
theme. In 1994, the theme
was “Caring for Our Water
Resources is Everyone’s
Business;” 1995, “Women
and Water;” 1996, “Water
for Thirsty Cities;” 1997,
“The World’s Water - Is
there enough?;” 1998,
“Groundwater
The

Invisible
Resource;”
1999, “Everyone Lives
Downstream;” 2000, “Water
for the 21st Century;”
2001, “Water for Health
- Taking Charge;” 2002,
“Water for Development;”
2003, “Water for the
Future;” 2004, “Water and
Disasters;” 2005, “Water
for Life - 2005-2015;”
2006, “Water and Culture;”
2007, “Water Scarcity;”
2008, “International Year
of
Sanitation;”
2009,
“Shared Water - Shared
Opportunities;” and 2010’s
theme was “Water Quality.”
This
year’s
theme
is “Water for Cities:
Responding to the Urban
Challenge.”
THE URBAN
CHALLENGE
According to the World
Water Day’s website, this
is the first time in human
history that most of the
world’s population, 3.3
billion people, live in
cities. Also, 38 percent
of this urban growth is
represented by expanding

slums, the website explains,
while city populations are
increasing faster than city
infrastructure can adapt.
This year, the World
Water Day Conference will
be focusing its attention
on “the impact of rapid
urban population growth,
industrialization
and
uncertainties caused by
climate change, conflicts
and natural disasters on
urban water systems.”
The conference hopes to
“encourage governments,
organizations, communities
and individuals to actively
engage in addressing the
challenges of urban water
management.”
LOCAL
OPPORTUNITIES
While there are no
events happening within
Huntsville, there are several
events occuring in other
cities throughout Texas.
In Spring, located south
of Huntsville on I-45, the
H2O Project is calling
for an “H2O Challenge.”
The Challenge encourages

people to choose to make
water their only beverage
for two weeks, to save the
money that they would
normally spend on drinks
and then donate that money
to the organization of their
choice.
“It’s a real eye-opener
for some people,” Brenda
Koinis,
founder
and
executive director of The
H2O Project, said. “In the
early days, I had a lady
come up to me with cups
full of money. She said that
she was driving through a
fast food place sometimes
twice a day and didn’t
realize how much she was
spending.”
Koinis launched The
H2O Project in 2001 after
watching a video that
showed the removal of a
very long guinea worm ,
a parasite contracted by
drinking
contaminated
water,
also
called
dracunculiasis, from a
young African boy’s leg.
According
to
the
project’s website, “$1 can

give one person clean water
for one year; $20 can give
one person clean water for
a lifetime.” The website
provides a list of charities
that serve to provide
freshwater resources to
third world countries.
Last year, over 75,000
people took part in the H2O
Challenge.
In San Antonio, students
and professors at the
Trinity University - San
Antonio campus are placing
themselves in the World
Water Day Dunk Tank in
an effort “to raise money
for clean water projects in
Sub-Saharan Africa.” The
event’s Facebook page
invites students to “come
dunk [their] professors.”
The event is sponsored by
the university’s Water is
Life program.
For
additional
information on World
Water Day, as well as links
to the various events, visit
http://www.unwater.org/
worldwaterday/.

Fulbright Scholar to lecture on death penalty
By Erin Peterson
Associate News Editor

The death penalty is
one of the most debated
issues in the country, not to
mention one of the longest.
Today, students will have
the opportunity to listen to a
unique voice on the subject.
Liling Yue, a Fulbright
Scholar at the University of
California - Davis, will give
a 45-minute presentation
on
“Issues
in
the
Contemporary Application
of Capital Punishment” on

Tuesday (March 22) at 10
a.m. in the Criminal Justice
Center’s Kerper Courtroom,
followed by a question-andanswer session.
Yue is part of an
international
exchange
program with the China
University
of
Police
Science and Law, where
she is a professor of law
and also where she earned
her bachelor’s, master’s and
doctoral degrees.
She has served as a
visiting professor at UC
Davis and Cambridge

University’s Criminology
Institute and as a visiting
scholar
at
institutions
around the world, including
the Danish Institute of
Human Rights, the MaxPlanck-Institute for Foreign
and International Criminal
Law, the University of
British
Columbia
and
the
United
Nations
Interregional Crime and
Justice Institute.
Yue is the author of
several books on criminal
justice and civil and political
rights, and she has written

many articles published in
Chinese journals.
Her areas of interest
include
comparative
criminal
justice,
criminal procedural law,
international human rights
law and evidence law.
She also has delivered
lectures
to
foreign
universities and courts in
Belgium, Germany, South
Korea, Slovenia, South
Africa, Switzerland, United
Kingdom, the United States
and Vietnam.
Yue has served as leader

Teacher Job Fair returns to SHSU
By Erin Peterson
Associate News Editor
The
Teacher
Job
Fair returns to SHSU
on
Wednesday,
with
approximately 77 schools
and school districts in
attendance.
The fair will be held from
9 a.m. to noon in the Bernard
G. Johnson Coliseum.
Representatives
from
districts
from
districts

across the state, such as
Cypress Fairbanks I.S.D.,
Katy I.S.D. and Richardson
I.S.D., as well as a few
private schools, will visit
with students or alumni
who may be interested in a
position.
In addition, agencies such
as Harris County Department
of Education, Kidventure
Camps, Windham School
District, YES Prep Public
Schools, the Archdiocese

of
Galveston
Houston
Catholic Schools Office and
Education Service Center
Regions 3, 6 and 20 are
scheduled to be available to
discuss other employment
possibilities.
Students
who
are
registered on Jobs 4 Kats
can get a jumpstart on
finding a job or internship
by logging on, at https://
www.myinterfase.com/shsu/
student/, to find a complete

list of participating agencies,
as well as descriptions of
positions being sought,
according to Paige Loft,
job fair and special events
coordinator.
Participants
are
encouraged to bring copies
of résumés and dress
professionally.
For more information,
contact Career Services
at
936.294.1713
or
careerservices@shsu.edu

From JAPAN
page 1

Inoue said he plans to
discuss putting more boxes
out with student activities
this week as well.
Inoue said 100% of the
donations received will go
towards helping Japan and
will be sent through the
Japanese Red Cross via
Consulate General of Japan
at Chicago by March 28.
“I believe that together
the students of Sam Houston
and the people of Huntsville
can make a difference in
the relief efforts for Japan’s
historically tragic situation,”
Inoue said.
Patricia
Herrington,
international student &
scholar
advisor,
was
very
impressed
and
compassionate when Inoue
proposed the fundraiser.
“She helped me a lot,”
Inoue said. “Not only she
told me how to reserve the
booth for this fundraiser, but
also she contacted faculties
to facilitate to organize this
event. I couldn’t accomplish

From RALLY
page 1

One highlight of the
rally was Dalton Sherman,
12, a seventh grader
from Dallas who gave a
motivational speech.
“Do you believe in
me?” Sherman shouted.
“I believe in me. Do you
believe in yourself?”

SUKUISO. An aerial view of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel and disaster
relief crews search for victims of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami on
March 18.
the fundraiser without her.”
Inoue said, “I really
appreciate the International
program, especially Mrs.
Patricia Herrington.”
In his efforts, Inoue
noticed that almost everyone

has been touched by the
devastation overseas.
He also said both
Facebook and the media
helped spread the word
about the fundraiser, so that
it was not difficult to ask for

donations.
“Donators cared about my
family and people of Japan,”
Inoue said. “I realized
together we can save the
people of Japan from SHSU
and Huntsville.”

The crowd roared when
Sherman spoke, but other
instances showed how
unorganized it was. At one
point a woman who wasn’t
identified took the stage
and told the crowd how
this is a good example
for people to use home
schooling. The woman
was met with showers of
boos and eventually exited

stage left.
“I didn’t like that very
much,” said Gregory.
“The whole point is we are
suppose to be giving kids
a full fledge education. In
homeschooling kids don’t
get the social aspect like
they would at a public or
private high school.”
Immediately
following the rally, Perry

and some of the House
discussed the issue, and
within a week, voted
through a bill that would
use $4 billion of the Rainy
Day Fund.
Texas
Democrats
blasted the bill saying
there was much more of
the fun available and that
it should be used as well.
“If this is all they're

of several research projects,
such as effective criminal
defense, criminal trial, and
human rights protection and
participated in legislative
projects, such as criminal
procedure law reform.
Yue also will meet with
graduate students for coffee
and discussion at 4 p.m. in
the Bluebonnet Room.
For more information,
contact
Beth
Kuhles,
College of Criminal Justice
public relations officer, at
936.294.4425.

From LIBYA
page 1

"It's not even disputable,
this isn't even a close
question. Such an action
-- that involves putting
America's service men and
women into harm's way,
whether they're in the Air
Force or the Navy -- is a
grave decision that cannot
be made by the president
alone," Kucinich said in a
interview with a Chicago
radio station.
He referred to a quote
from 2007 when Obama was
running for president where
he said: "The President does
not have power under the
Constitution to unilaterally
authorize a military attack
in a situation that does not
involve stopping an actual
or imminent threat to the
nation."
"So what the president
did is, by his own words,
outside the Constitution,"
Kucinich said. "This isn't
a case of him not knowing.
He knows clearly that he
has not complied with the
Constitution. And that's a
very serious matter because
he's using the ultimate
authority of a president."
In a letter to Congressional
Members, Obama informed
representatives
of
the
military operations and
said he believed he had
the authority to launch the
mission because of the UN
mandate, and he made clear
he has not committed any
US ground troops to the
fight.
He also added that he
believes the mission is in the
national security and foreign
policy interest of the US.
willing to do, to spend a
tiny part of the Rainy Day
Fund, they're just going to
make a tiny improvement
in a big problem," said Eva
DeLuna Castro, a budget
analyst for the Center for
Public Policy Priorities
to the Austin American
Statesman. "They need to
use the rest of it."

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Redbull Soundclash

Spring breakers experience one-of-a-kind
celebration of music in South Padre Island

Photo by Meagan Ellsworth | The Houstonian

By Meagan Ellsworth
Editor-in-chief

Some hit the books,
some hit SXSW, but other
Bearkats could be found
among almost 10,000 spring
breakers pouring through the
gates of South Padre Island’s
Schlitterbahn Beach Water
park for Red Bull Soundclash.
On Thursday night, the
crowd became witnesses

of the once in a lifetime
show featuring Texas’ own,
Ghostland Observatory on
one stage and the iconic Snoop
Dogg & the Snoopadelics on
the opposing stage.
The night began with a
brief moment of silence for
the legendary Nate Dogg,
but, as if in tribute to his
legacy, immediately sprung
into action with an opening
set by the emcee for the night,

DJ Z-Trip.
DJ Z-Trip could be found
floating mid-air on a platform
in the middle of the laserfilled “musical conversation”
between two wildly different
acts that left the crowd of
bronzed, beachy co-eds
screaming for more.
Both acts applied their own
styles, song interpretations
and talent to five rounds of
musical challenges in an

innovative format.
Here’s how it works:
Round 1 – The Warm Up:
Each artist performs
three songs of their original
material to start the show.
Snoop Dogg & The
Snoopadlics performed “The
Next Episode,” “Ridin’ in my
Chevy” and “I Wanna F**k
You.”
Ghostland
Observatory
then took the spotlight to
perform
“Piano
Man,”
“Glitter” and “Sad Sad City.”
Round 2 – The Cover:
Both bands cover the same
song with their own personal
style.
The crowd was treated
to each band’s unique spin
on the David Bowie classic,
“Fame.”
Snoop Dogg & the
Snoopadelics gave a funky,
hip hop spin to the rock
tune. Ghostland Observatory
interpreted
the
song
differently, showcasing their
electro-rock sound.
Round 3 – The Takeover:
In this round, each band
is tasked with seamlessly
finishing the second half of a
song started by the opposing
band, and thereby making it
their own.

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Photo courtesy of Redbull

SOUNDCLASH. South Padre was home to a unique music spectacle known as the Redbull
Soundclash this spring break, featuring artists Snoop Dogg and Ghostland Observatory.

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Unleashed” in addition to
his own “Comedy Central
Presents”
special
and
HBO’s “P. Diddy Presents
the Bad Boys of Comedy.”
Recreational Sports plans
to have a night full of fun,
activities, laughter and a
chance to win some great
prizes including gift cards
and T-shirts.
In keeping with Midnight

Snoop started the round
with “Drop it Like It’s Hot”
followed by Ghostland
Observatory’s “Codename
Rondo.”
Snoop Dogg & The
Snoopadelics then played
“Sensual Seduction” and the
round ended with Ghostland’s
“Just Gimme the Beat.”
Round 4 – The Clash:
The
fourth
round
highlights the artists’ musical
versatility by charging them
with performing their songs
in three different styles.
“Gin n Juice” and
“Stranger Lover” were
performed in reggae style.
“Midnight Voyage” and “La
Di Da Di” were performed in
funk-style.
The round concluded with
techno versions of “Wet” and
“Dancing on my Grave.”
Round 5 – The Wildcard:
In the fifth round, the
bands invite a special guest to
perform with them on stage.
Ghostland
Observatory
invited an Apache Tribe
to dance with them during
“Kick Clap Speaker.” Snoop
Dogg & the Snoopadelics
performed “What’s My
Name” with Rock and
Roll Hall of Famer, Bootsy

Collins.
The night ended with the
two groups joining together
on one stage to perform the
grand finale, a collaborative
rendition of CeeLo’s hit
“F**k You.”
The audience left knowing
that they had witnessed a
musical showcase unlike
anything they had seen or
heard before.
Red Bull Soundclash also
kicked off Spring Break 2011
in Las Vegas in style with
CeeLo Green and the Ting
Tings on March 12.
Red Bull Soundclash is a
totally unique clash of sounds,
styles and creativity, where
two bands don’t battle each
other, but instead collaborate
to create an innovative live
music performance.
Touring the globe since
2007, Red Bull Soundclash
has entertained music lovers
with
incredible
match
ups including The Roots /
Miniature Tigers; Erykah
Badu and the Cannabinoids /
Shiny Toy Guns; Talib Kweli/
Ozomatli; Wale/Tokyo Police
Club and many others.
For more information,
visit www.redbullusa.com/
soundclash

Mayhem tradition, the
mechanical bull will be
making an appearance
along with a number of new
activities ranging from a fast
pitch booth to “60 Second
Sports” – a number of fun,
challenging activities that
can be played against your
friends.
Ty
will
take
the
Midnight Mayhem stage
at approximately 11 P.M.
for a comedy routine that
has been called “hilarious,”
“thought provoking,” and

even “edgy.”
Recreational
Sports
said as a department that
helped
revolutionize
SHSU’s Welcome Week
with the hugely successful
Sammypalooza, it is once
again looking to transform
the
yearly
Midnight
Mayhem event.
For more information
about the event, please
called (936) 294-1985
or visit www.shsu.edu/
recsports or www.facebook.
com/SHSURecSports.

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GoBearkats Sports Editor Brandon Scott hopes for more sports fans at SHSU
Casey Kalenkoskey hit
two home runs as Texas
State rolled up 17 hits in
an 8-1 victory over Sam
Houston and a Southland
Conference series sweep
Sunday afternoon.
Chris Andreas went
2-for-4 on a day when the
Bearkats were limited to
four hits. Braeden Riley
singled and Mark Hudson
tripled to account for the
Kats other two hits. Hudson scored on a sacrifice
fly by Daniel Nottebart
that gave Sam Houston a
1-0 lead in the top of the
second inning.
Texas State took the
lead back quickly, totaling five runs in the bottom of the third, a single
run in the sixth and two
more in the eighth inning.
The Bobcats, now 6-0
in Southland Conference
and 15-4 overall, are
tied for first place in the
league race.
The loss drops Sam
Houston to 12-8 for the
year and 1-5 in Southland
action.
Following
Sunday's
game, the Bearkats will
return to Huntsville for
five games next week.
Sam Houston hosts Prairie View A&M and Houston Baptist in 6:30 p.m.
non-conference games
Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Bearkats will meet
UTSA in a three-game
weekend Southland series at Don Sanders Stadium beginning Friday at
6:30 p.m.

from 3 for the game, 2-20
in the second half.
The Kats didn’t look
like themselves, even with
Gilberto Clavell doing his
usual work (25 points,
seven rebounds).
Still, where was the fan
support? It was there – you
just couldn’t tell because
the Roadrunner presence
was more prevalent.
“Our fans are terrible,”
uttered one local media
Brandon Scott member out of frustration.
bscott@houstonianonline.com He was hearing the UTSA
fans rally around their
team; grant it, in the most
HUNTSVILLE - Prior irritating fashion. At least
to Spring Break, one of the they had a few who were
biggest highlights in Bearkat motivated (besides the band,
athletics was the men’s most of the SHSU fans
basketball team defeating appeared to be middle-age
archrival Stephen F. Austin alumni).
twice in a week’s time, first a
Not to say Bearkats don’t
55-40 outing in Nacogdoches care about their sports
before the end of the regular teams, because one’s that do,
season, then 61-45 in the really care. There just aren’t
conference tournament.
enough of them.
But even with the historic
UTSA doesn’t have this
gamesmanship with SFA, I problem, neither does Texas
have an elevated resentment State.
for the more annoying rivals
Both universities have
in the conference – soon- over 30,000 students which
to-be Western Athletic logically create bigger
Conference
members markets and more support
Texas State and Texas-San for their athletic programs.
Antonio.
Sam Houston has around
The term “annoying” is a 17,000 students, campus
rude one, but we would be located in Huntsville –
remiss to slight them proper which with all due respect to
description. When SHSU its growing metropolis, is no
faced UTSA in the SLC San Antonio or San Marcos.
semifinals, Roadrunner fans
It’s easy to resent UTSA
were loud, spirited and yes, and Texas State because
annoying.
they outnumber us, more
One
fan
seemed importantly in an economic
completely belligerent, yet sense. With limited funds,
I’m almost certain she was SHSU focuses more on
sober.
competitive
consistency,
“Clavell, did you use rather than wallet crushing.
your goggles to swim across The money will come with
the ocean,” she blundered. time.
That’s just one of many
But bigger than the fact
annoying heckles this group UTSA defeated SHSU in
of frenzied loyalists came up the semifinals, as a sixth
with.
seed over a fourth (hardly
What were SHSU fans an
underdog,
though),
doing? Sitting there. Attribute Roadrunners speed through
the lack of enthusiasm to the I-10 knowing they’re headed
Kats shooting 22.2 percent

to a now depleted Western
Athletic Conference, but to
better the university in its
entirety.
I’m
always
asked
questions that you don’t
have to be an editor of
anything to come up with a
reasonable answer: When is
Sam Houston going to go to
a bigger conference? We’ve
been winning at one of the
cheapest schools in Texas,
with an athletic budget
looking towards the bottom
of the conference. Where is
the love?
We need more people;
interested people; interested
people with money. Let’s
remember the NCAA is a
business, first and foremost.
Sam Houston would have
to be invited for a legitimate
economic reason.
In 2010, Sam Houston
surveyed alumni, students,
fans and staff to determine
how realistic strengthening
the athletic department was.
Athletic Director Bobby
Williams was unable to
comment on survey results
before press time, but in an
interview with the Huntsville
Item last year, Williams said
feedback was positive. But
the university community
hasn’t always embraced
moving up, dating back
to the 1980s when SHSU
moved up from NAIA to
Division II and Division II to
Division I.
“We aren’t against moving
up, we just want to make
sure it is done the right way,
that the funding is there and
the support is there because
that is critical to being
successful,” Williams said.
“You have to have that
support system to move up
to make sure it is successful.
You don’t want to be behind
if you move up.”
In 2009, UTSA doubled
student athletic fees, by vote
of the students, in order to
budget a newly established

$10 million football team.
This, aside from the love
for football, was an effort
to appeal to Football
Bowl Subdivision (FBS)
conferences, the ones that
make money and play on
national television.
UTSA students went from
paying maximum $120 fees
to $240. Bearkats, with half
as many students, pay $270.
That’s a mismatch before
you even blow the whistle.
What do we bring to the
table? What do we have to
offer, other than these hardworking, good people?
Winning games only
means so much. Being
competitive is only half the
battle. To join the ranks of
elitist, we have to be visible,
and profitable.
I’m resenting UTSA and
Texas State because I have
a wish list that’s beyond my
control or their concern.
I wish there were 13,000
more Bearkats on-campus
and at least half of them had
rich, spirited sports fanatic
parents.
I
wish
there
was

somewhere to park for
today’s
overpopulated
Bearkat representation.
I wish more people went
to the games, or read the
student newspaper once in a
while.
There are more serious
implications to competing in
a conference without two of
its heavy hitters. Reality is,
the Southland Conference
would look to replace UTSA
and Texas State, just as the
WAC had those schools in
mind to replace the likes of
Boise State and Hawaii.
The mere hypothetical of
Sam Houston being paired
with Abilene Christian or
Houston Baptist seems
like an unfair step down
to futility – for such a
promising Bearkat program
that seems to be outgrowing
itself in some ways, while
living short of its potential in
others.
My resentment towards
UTSA and Texas State,
annoying as ever, comes
from them being part of the
conversation, rather than just
having it.

Courtesy of UTSA Media Guide

Bowling down success lane
Kats place eighth in Music City Classic

Courtesy of SHSU Athletics

TEAMWORK. Coach Bob Hagen and his players emerge as a top notch first year program

By Brandon Scott

bscott@houstonianonline.com

The
Sam
Houston
women's bowling team
which started seeded 10th,
earned the eighth place
standing with a pair of 4-3
wins in Baker match play.
Sam Houston, defeated
No.
18
WisconsinWhitewater and No. 12
Adelphi before falling to
No. 7 Kutztown 4-2 as the
Bearkats placed eighth in
bracket play on the final day
of the Columbia 300 Music
City Classic Saturday in
Smyra, Tenn.
The Bearkats ended the
tournament with a 9-6
record over the three days
to complete regular season
action with a 68-35 overall
match record.
"The girls left it all
out there Sunday," Sam
Houston head coach Brad
Hagen said. "They put an
explination mark on our
resume with a solid day. We
are still in good shape for
consideration by the NCAA
Comittee."
The Bearkats won twice
and lost four matches in
traditional
five-player
team action Saturday. Sam
Houston defeated unranked
Jackson State 1,017-986
and No. 12 Adelphi 991936 in their fourth and fifth
matches of the day. SHSU
opened Saturday with a loss
to No. 19 Minnesota State
848-842, then fell to No. 15
Saint Francis 962-861and
No. 10 Sacred Heart 1,122-

883. The Kats ended the
day witha 958-944 loss to
No. 7 Kutztown.
Aida Sanchez and Kimi
Davidson led the Bearkats,
Sanchez averaging 197.6
pins in five matches and
Davidson 190.2 in six
contests. .
Friday, in Baker fourgame quad matches, the
only loss for Sam Houston
was to the defending
NCAA Division I national
champions
Fairleigh
Dickinson, the number 1
ranked team in the nation
now.
FDU
defeated
the
Bearkats 837-773. In other
action Friday, Sam Houston
defeated
WisconsinWhitewater
713-663,
Southern 775-693, No. 16
Alabama A&M 753-644,
Monmouth 749-668 and
Texas Southern 766-614.
"After a strong showing
on Friday, on Saturday
we had one of those days
where we had some great
looks, a few bad breaks and
the other teams had it going
for them when they needed
it the most," Sam Houston
head coach Brad Hagen
said. "I was very proud of
our girls for keeping their
composure. Our first and
fifth matches Saturday
were the toughest and we
had combined losses of
less than 20 pins. Kimi
Davidson posted a 238 and
Aida Sanchez a 212 in our
win over Jackson State.
Aida added a 211, Neishka
Cardona a 224 and Dayna

Galganski a 203 against
Adelphi."
The Music City Classic
was hosted by Vanderbilt
University at the Smyrna
Bowling Center in Smyrna,
Tennessee. Thirteen of the
top 15-ranked teams in
the national rankings are
competing in the Music
City Classic. Less than two
weeks after the tournament,
the eight teams for the 2011
NCAA Division I Women's
Bowling
Championship
will be selected.
Sam Houston stands
No. 9 in the March
National Tenpins Coaches
Association
(NTCA)
rankings. The latest NCAA
Division I RPI (Rating
Percentage Index) figures
have the Bearkats back in
the No. 5 position.
The
2011 NCAA
Division
I
Women's
Bowling
Championship
will be hosted by the
University of Detroit Mercy
and the Detroit Metro
Sports Commission on
April 14-16 at the Skore
Lanes in Taylor, Michigan.
All eight berths in the
national tournament are
at-large selections. The
selection criteria are overall
won-lost record, head-tohead competition, results
versus common opponents,
overall strength of schedule
and overall RPI.
The selection committee
will announced the eight
NCAA
Championship
participants on March 30.

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